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Insights Paper Insight…“The Capacity to Gain an Accurate and Deep Understanding of Someone Or Something” Heritage Lottery Fund Transition Project Cheshire Sandstone Ridge: Towards a Sustainable Future Insights Paper Insight…“the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something” Contents Page Executive summary 1 Introduction 4 Evidence base 5 Theme 1 - Awareness and values 6 Natural beauty and special qualities Values Status of the Sandstone Ridge Sense of place Visitors Benefits Theme 2 - Perceptions and forces for landscape change affecting the Sandstone Ridge 19 Historical landscape change Changes for the better or worse Potential forces for future landscape change Environmental health Theme 3 - Attitudes about the future 28 Key challenges Key opportunities Visions for the future Priorities Theme 4 - Willingness to get involved 34 Theme 5 - Project ideas 37 Summary of Key Insights 38 Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 43 Next steps 44 Gaps in our understanding Securing commitments Development of a place brand for the Sandstone Ridge Options for landscape-scale delivery models Appendices 47 1. Evidence base methodologies 2. Key interviewees (in alphabetical order) 3. Information sources and background documents accessed in the preparation of this paper Executive summary This paper presents an overview of the evidence base that has been gathered by The Sandstone Ridge Trust during 2017 to better understand the state of the Sandstone Ridge landscape, the issues facing it, and people’s views and priorities. It is part of the Heritage Lottery funded Transition Project – Cheshire Sandstone Ridge: Towards a Sustainable Future, that is being delivered with the support of Cheshire West and Chester Council. From the evidence, it is possible to provide a snapshot of the Ridge’s many and varied special qualities (Sandstone Ridge – at a glance). The Ridge is highly cherished by locals and visitors, and there is overwhelming agreement that it is an important area for natural beauty, landscape, heritage and wildlife. The panoramic and long-distance views that can be gained from its summits are particularly valued, along with its peace and quiet, walking opportunities, and accessibility. The status of the area is not well understood, and few are aware of its history as a proposed Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) or current recognition as a distinctive landscape by Natural England (National Character Area No. 62 Cheshire Sandstone Ridge). Some communities on the geographic fringes of the area do not associate themselves with the Sandstone Ridge - at a glance “Sandstone Ridge”, and although the Ridge is Insights Paper. Draft, 7 May 2018. Ian Marshall, for The Sandstone Ridge Trust 1 popular with visitors, many are drawn from a small catchment and the Ridge as a “place” is not a visitor destination. This, and other evidence, points to the area lacking an overall identity. Residents, visitors and those who work on the Ridge draw considerable and multiple benefits from its rich and varied natural resources, yet the full value of its assets to society is poorly understood and goes overlooked. The area provides a living for over 400 farmers and landowners, and is the chosen location of over 1,000 businesses. More than 36,000 live in the area, whilst in excess of one million visitors a year are attracted to it, mainly from within Cheshire but also drawn from the surrounding conurbations of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and the Potteries. It also provides the essentials for life, such as, clean air and water, food, timber and raw materials, and helps to regulate our climate, stores flood waters, filters pollution, and provides opportunities for us to improve our health and happiness. The Sandstone Ridge landscape has always been subject to change from countless and continuous influences and pressures. Exactly how, where and why it has changed has not been possible to measure due to an absence of empirical data. The state of the environmental health of the Ridge is similarly difficult to assess owing to the piecemeal nature of the evidence. People’s perceptions of landscape change are mixed, with many of the same changes being seen as both for better as well as for worse! Clearly, however, conservation management (including tree removal in favour of open habitats), accessibility, the provision and quality of the access infrastructure (footpaths, bridleways, cycle routes, waymarking, information, refreshments and car parking), and anti-social behaviour (littering and dog fouling) are at the forefront of people’s minds. A broad range of pressures for potential landscape change have been highlighted including inappropriate development particularly for housing, mineral extraction, water abstraction, farming and forestry practices, visitor pressures, people’s values, behaviour and lifestyles, economic and market trends, declining public purse, climate change, and emerging policy. A strong feeling exists that to be better placed to manage these changes requires social, economic and environmental agendas to be brought together to develop a single voice and vision for the Sandstone Ridge, backed up by the increased protection that would be offered by a landscape designation. Emerging future priorities include increased stakeholder engagement, access and infrastructure improvements, more conservation of natural and cultural heritage, branding and marketing of the Ridge, better scrutiny of development management, greater investment, leadership and co-ordination, and increased stakeholder engagement. Some 70 new project opportunities have been identified for the Trust alone, and the number is growing. This is a full agenda, but there is significant cause for optimism that there exists a real reservoir of interest in the Sandstone Insights Paper. Draft, 7 May 2018. Ian Marshall, for The Sandstone Ridge Trust 2 Ridge amongst all stakeholder groups and enthusiasm to look after it. The establishment of a Sandstone Ridge Farmers’ Network in February 2018 in the south of the area is evidence of this. The gathering of evidence and its consideration represents the first step in a process to secure the long-term future of this special place for the enjoyment of present and succeeding generations, and the continuation of the multiple economic, health and environmental benefits it provides to society. This paper is, therefore, a precursor to, and informs, the accompanying Delivery Model Options Appraisal that assesses various landscape-scale delivery models that may be suitable to meet the requirements of the Sandstone Ridge. Insights Paper. Draft, 7 May 2018. Ian Marshall, for The Sandstone Ridge Trust 3 Introduction The Sandstone Ridge is one of the most distinctive landscapes in Cheshire – cherished and used by many people. The Sandstone Ridge Trust, with the support of its partners and the Heritage Lottery Fund, is seeking to secure the long-term future of this special place for the enjoyment of present and succeeding generations, and the continuation of the multiple economic, health and environmental benefits it provides to society. The eventual outcome for the 24 month project (2016-18) is a long-term and sustainable delivery model that can provide the vision, foundation, and commitment for the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge family of stakeholders to achieve this goal. An understanding of the issues facing the Ridge and people’s views and priorities is fundamental to helping the Trust and its partners think about the landscape and their decision-making going forward. An evidence base has therefore been gathered from socio-economic and environmental data; what people have said; and a review of key documents – from which key insights (highlighted in bold throughout the body of the paper, and summarised on page 35) have been drawn and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats identified (page 40). Gathering the evidence base has also provided an opportunity to gauge people’s willingness to work with the Sandstone Ridge Trust in looking after the area (page 31), as well as to collect ideas for potential projects to conserve, promote and enjoy this wonderful landscape (page 34). Some gaps in our understanding still remain (page 41), and these are highlighted in the hope that they can be filled through this project, or by other means if suitable Map of the Sandstone Ridge project area resources can be found. Insights Paper. Draft, 7 May 2018. Ian Marshall, for The Sandstone Ridge Trust 4 Evidence base An evidence base about the Sandstone Ridge has been collected from the following sources: § Environmental and socio-economic profile - based on Natural England’s Profile profile of National Character Area 62 published in 2014, updated and expanded with statistics gathered by Cheshire Shared Services in 2017 Document Visitor § Visitor survey - comprising face-to-face interviews at seven countryside review survey locations, and completed by 207 people § Community consultation - comprising an online questionnaire, completed by Key 294 respondents Insights § Town and Parish Council workshop - held on 12 September 2017 and attended by 9 councils Community Interviews § Face-to-face interviews - with 40+ key organisations and stakeholders consultation § Document review - of key policy documents that are relevant to the future of Town & the Sandstone Ridge landscape. parish council workshop Key insights have then been drawn from this evidence base and grouped around 5 themes: awareness and values, perceptions and forces for landscape change, attitudes about the The evidence base future, willingness to get involved, and project
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